Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT

Department of Agriculture and Fishery

Statistical office of Montenegro - MONSTAT

IV Proleterske 2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

The collected statistics for the country cover the following data:

• Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
• Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
• Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
• Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
• Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
• Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
• Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
• Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)

See ESS Agreement on Organic Production Statistics

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

See Organic farming Metadata

Montenegro

2016 onwards

Not applicable.

• Certified registered organic operators (referring to their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of operators)
• Certified registered organic processors who manufacture organic products (as their main or secondary activity) (expressed in number of processors)
• Certified organic crop area (under conversion and fully converted) (expressed in hectares)
• Certified organic crop production from fully converted area (expressed in 1 000 kg)
• Certified organic livestock (expressed in heads of live animals)
• Production of certified organic products of animal origin (expressed in 1 000 kg of carcass weight and in thousand eggs)
• Production of certified organic milk products (Produced on farms or Processed on farms or by dairy enterprises) and Honey and products of bee-keeping (expressed in 1 000 kg of products obtained)
• Certified organic aquaculture sold by producers (expressed in 1 000 kg live weight)

Calendar year

The privacy of data providers, the confidentiality of the information they provide and its use only for statistical purposes must be absolutely guaranteed the Law on Official Statistics and System of Official Statistics (Chapter XIII CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROTECTION OF DATA FOR NEEDS OF OFFICIAL  STATISTICS).

The Statistical Release Calendar is the schedule of publishing the results of official statistics during one year. It is prepared by the Statistical Office in cooperation with the other producers of official statistics in accordance with Article 50 of the Law on Official Statistics and the Official Statistics System ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 018/12 and 047/19).It is published on the website of the Statistical Office. 

Statistical Release Calendar is avaliable on the following link: Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT ;

The data is published once a year and has been available on the Montenegrin Statistical office website since June 30. 

The survey on organic production statistics is included for the first time as a regular survey for 2022 in the Annual Plan of Official Statistics (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 2/2022 of January 12, 2022). In March 2023, the Statistical Office published the final data for the data series for the period 2016-2020, which were previously submitted to Eurostat as preliminary and protected. Data for 2022 were submitted to Eurostat in June of this year.

All publications published by the Statistical Office are available at the following link: Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT; https://www.monstat.org/eng/publikacije.php?id=100 .

Statistical Office of Montenegro - MONSTAT;  https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1799&pageid=1797 .

Not applicable.

The Law on Official Statistics and Official Statistical System (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 018/12 and  047/19), Article 58. regulates rules under which external users can obtain an access to individual data for needs of research. 

The required tables are prepared for the needs of Eurostat, while other users use the tables from the website in Monstat (table format from the website).

Not applicable.

The methodology for this research can be found on our website at the following link: https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1797&pageid=1797.
Additional methodological explanations can be found in the Statistical Yearbook.

Not applicable.

The Statistical Office has adopted the Quality Management Strategy, the Guidebook to the Implementation of the Quality Management Strategy, as well as the Plan for the Implementation of the Quality Policy.

The national Quality report is published on the official website of Monstat: Organic production statistics_2021.pdf (monstat.org) .

Not applicable 

International users :

- Eurostat;

- FAO.

National users:

- Ministries and other public administration bodies;

- Local government and other local government bodies;

- Non-governmental organizations;

- Students;

- Researchers;

- Media

Internal users are generally satisfied with the quality of the data.

No external user satisfaction feedback.

The Statistical Office has adopted the Quality Management Strategy, the Guidebook to the Implementation of the Quality Management Strategy, as well as the Plan for the Implementation of the Quality Policy. In order to measure the degree to which fulfills obligations towards users and within the new quality policy, the Statistical Office conducted User satisfaction survey. The results of the survey are available on the Statistical Office website, link:Izvještaj o zadovoljstvu korisnika uslugama uprave za statistiku u 2022. godini (monstat.org)

http://monstat.org/userfiles/file/KVALITET/2020/2_%20Izvjestaj%20o%20zadovoljstvu%20korisnika.pdf.

The data is sent in full compliance with the applicable European Commission Regulations. Data are reported according to the type of operator, according to the type of agricultural area and distribution by crops and data are also reported according to the types of livestock according ESS Agreement on Organic Production Statistics. There is no certified organic aquaculture in Montenegro.

Not applicable.

Data source is an administrative database and expected a good accuracy the data. The data cover all operators involved in the organic sector in Montenegro (producers, processors, importers, and others). Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories (through the LRK).

Administrative database is used and coverage is full. The organic production statistics data collection is not based on sample survey. Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No over-coverage rate

Not applicable for organic production statistics as the data stem from one source. Only administrative data are used.

Ministry of Agriculture collects data in a electronic form. After MONSTAT get the data (in electronic form) from administrative sources check data with previous year.Total sums are controlled with the sum of individual categories.

All organic operaters which are present in the Register of Organic Production Entities under the competence of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management, are covered by this survey. Errors of non-response do not occur.

All statistical units responded to the questionnaire, or reported data.

All units participated and provided the requested data.

Possible entry and calculation errors are controlled and corrected through the LK.

Not applicable.

See concepts below.

 Not aplicable 

 The data are due 120 days after the end of the reference year i.e. before 1st July each year.

See concepts below.

Everything was published on time. There is no time lag between the actual data submission and the target date. All data are published in accordance with the scheduled publication date.

Montenegro is on all three levels (NUTS 1,2,3). The data are comparable with other countries in the region and the EU because the questionnaire is harmonized.

Not applicable.

Data for organic production got from administrative source and they are comparable over time.

Data from the Organic Production Statistics are fully comparable over time and are available from 2016 to 2021 on the MONSTAT website in the Data section, link: https://www.monstat.org/eng/page.php?id=1799&pageid=1797 .

Data from the Agricultural census in Montenegro are from 2010 and  the annual crops and animal statistics can be used for cross-checking purposes. These data are also available in the relevant domains on Eurostat's website. There are some certain differences in concepts, surveys design and timing of the collections and can cause discrepancies in the data.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The organic operaters are bound to send data on organic production to the certification body ``Monteorganica``,. Administrative data source is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Management (Directorate of Agriculture), which previously received the data from the certification body ``Monteorganica`` in accordance with the Law on Organic Production (Official Gazette of Montenegro No 56/2013). MONSTAT use the data for pesticides sales from the administrative sources and of this way reducing the burden on respondents.  The data is administrative, so there are no costs.

In March 2023, the Statistical office of Montenegro- Monstat published the final data for the series of data for the period 2016-2020, which were previously submitted to Eurostat as preliminary and protected. The survey on organic production statistics was included for the first time as a regular for the year 2022 in the Annual Plan of Official Statistics ("Official Gazette of Montenegro", No. 2/2022 of 12.01.2022"), when data were published for the first time on Monstat website for 2021. Since then survey does not disseminate preliminary results and that's the reason why the regular data revision does not exist.

Not applicable.

The data is administrative.

 Once a year until the end of June of the current year for the previous year.

The data is collected by the certification body ``Monteorganica`` that supervise registered organic entities.

MONSTAT check data from previous year and with administrative sources.

There is no imputation done.

There is no imputation done. Imputation is not carried out because all entities that have registered any form of organic agriculture are included.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The survey on organic production statistics is included for the first time as a regular survey for 2022 in the Annual Plan of Official Statistics .The data are submitted to Eurostat from 2022 as final for the period from 2016 to 2022. Statistical Office of Montenegro- Monstat prepared for the first time the Quality Report on the Organic production in 2023 , according to the Organic Production Statistics ESS Agreement and based on Eurostat Quality Reporting Guidelines.